Self Quotes

14166 quotes by 6503 authors

By breaking down our sense of self-importance, all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our minds. What we gain in return is… — Matthieu Ricard
Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity which is in… — Matthieu Ricard
Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it… — Bliss Carman
Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed. — Leo Rosten
Cats invented self-esteem; there is not an insecure bone in their body. — Erma Bombeck
The great lesson to learn of life is the need of giving out from the abundance of one's self in order to be ever abundant… — Walter Russell
I think the great livers, the people who are fully self-actualizing and alive, are the great givers. — Mark Victor Hansen
Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness. — John Sterling
The cat of the slums and alleys, starved, outcast, harried, still keeps amid the prowlings of its adversity the bold, free, panther-tread with which it… — Hector Hugh Munro
To be ones self and unafraid whether right or wrong is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity. — Irving Wallace
Perhaps the greatest display of self-discipline is persisting when the going gets tough. Persistence is self-discipline in action. — Brian Tracy
There comes a time in the seeker's life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved. The aspiring soul which… — Sri Chinmoy
One's own self is well hidden from one's own self; of all mines of treasure, one's own is the last to be dug up. — Friedrich Nietzsche
No man can teach another self-knowledge. He can only lead him or her up to self-discovery - the source of truth. — Barry Long
People naturally tend toward inertia. That's why self improvement is such a struggle. But that's also why adversity lies at the heart of every success.… — John C. Maxwell
To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment. — Dogen
Cats invented self-esteem. — Erma Bombeck
The great object of Education should be commensurate with the object of life. It should be a moral one; to teach self-trust: to inspire the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I use fake tan myself with a self tanning spray. — Lisa Snowdon
If you're comfortable with yourself-which everyone can get to, to some extent-that's when you start getting into who is your real self. — Shirley MacLaine

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